You live in Alberta you are selling a used vehicle privately your question is do you have to charge GST on the vehicle that you are selling?

Answer 1

If you are not a licensed dealer, then you don't charge state tax. The dmv will collect the taxes due, you just have to make sure you fill in the amount you sell the car for on the back of the title or on a bill of sale.

The above-answer is only partially correct: it does NOT apply to Alberta. GST is a federal sales tax and generally does NOT apply to sales of used items between private individuals in which the seller is not deriving income from sales of that category of item. GST may apply to a used car sale between private individuals only if: [1] PST (prov. sales tax) applies, and [2] the particular province's PST has been blended with the federal GST. In that case, that province's Vehicle Registry will charge and collect the PST/blended PST&GST.

In the case of Alberta, since there is no PST, there cannot be a blended PST&GST; therefore no GST is payable or chargeable on the sale of a used vehicle between private individuals in which the seller is not deriving income from sales of used vehicles ("curbers"). The AB Motor Vehicle Registry only charges GST on the price of the 'products' it sells: license plates, driver's licenses, etc. Zero tax on the actual vehicle sale itself.